"Mackintosh was executive producer for the album, with Norman Newell as record producer. The album was recorded at Olympic Studios, Barnes, on 14–15 July 1986. 15 April 1986 – 14 June 1986: ""Annie Get Your Gun"" opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre. 21 June 1986 – 12 July 1986: the production then moved to the Theatre Royal, Plymouth. 29 July 1986 – 4 October 1986: finally, the musical moved to the Aldwych Theatre in the London's West End. All songs were written by Irving Berlin. On 3 October 1986, Quatro's songs ""I Got Lost in His Arms"" and ""You Can't"
"the cast of the première of a particular production (which may be a revival). The album's cover contains the words ""Original London Cast Recording"" and its catalogue number contains the characters ""OCR"" (which stand for Original Cast Recording). This 1986 production is actually the first West End (London) revival of the musical — the first ever London performance of ""Annie Get Your Gun"" (starring Dolores Gray) was in 1947. There were different teams of producers for the theatre and the album. John Gale was the executive producer for the theatre, with Al Waxman and Anita Waxman as associate producers. Robert"
"2011 production of ""Hairspray"" featured American actor George Wendt in the role of Mrs. Edna Turnblad. The first full-length musical to be presented was ""Brigadoon"", in the fall of 1955. Since then most of the productions have been of Broadway musicals including: ""Annie Get Your Gun"" (1956), ""Kiss Me, Kate"" (1956), ""The King and I"" (1958, 1963, 1969, 1979), ""Guys and Dolls"" (1959, 1980), ""Damn Yankees"" (1960), ""The Boy Friend"" (1961, 1975), ""Pal Joey"" (1962), ""The Music Man"" (1962, 1968), ""My Fair Lady"" (1966), ""The Sound of Music"" (1967, 2007), ""Carousel"" (1989), ""Cinderella"" (1990) and ""Anything Goes"" (1990) In 1990,"
"series of backstage musicals teaming her with fellow juvenile star Mickey Rooney. Berkeley had been fired from the Garland/Rooney musical ""Girl Crazy"" in 1943 due to personality clashes with musical director Roger Edens and for driving Garland very hard during the filming of one musical number. On ""Annie Get Your Gun"", producer Arthur Freed felt Berkeley was the right man to capture the spectacle needed. But once again, Berkeley was severe with Garland. Unfortunately, Garland was suffering from overwork and exhaustion, the dissolution of her marriage to director Vincente Minnelli, and an addiction to prescription medication. She was in no"
"Annie Get Your Gun (Doris Day and Robert Goulet album) Annie Get Your Gun was an album, released on February 11, 1963 by Columbia Records, starring Doris Day and Robert Goulet. It consisted of songs from the musical of the same name. The LP was issued on the Columbia Masterworks label in both mono and stereo (catalog numbers OL-5960 and OS-2360 respectively). The album has been reissued on CD by DRG (catalog number 19112). The album was one of a number of albums produced by Columbia using a format similar to an original cast album of a musical play, but"
"a Lady""), and ""I Get a Kick Out of You"", ""You're the Top"", and ""Anything Goes"" (from ""Anything Goes""). The Irving Berlin song ""There's No Business Like Show Business"", written for the musical ""Annie Get Your Gun"", became Merman's signature song. Merman was born in her maternal grandmother's house located at 359 4th Avenue in Astoria, Queens in New York City in 1908, though she would later emphatically insist that it was actually 1912. Her father, Edward Zimmermann (1879–1977), was an accountant with James H. Dunham & Company, a Manhattan wholesale dry-goods company, and her mother, Agnes (Gardner) Zimmermann (1883–1974),"
"a reputation as a prolific writer; for example, at one time he had three musicals on Broadway: a rewritten ""The Merry Widow"", ""Jackpot"", and ""Dream with Music"". His success on Broadway brought him back to Hollywood where his first assignment was ""The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer"", which earned him the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay of 1947. He was one of the writers on the screenplay for the 1948 musical film ""Easter Parade"" and sole writer for the 1950 musical film ""Annie Get Your Gun"", both of which featured the songs of Irving Berlin. When television became the new"
"There's No Business Like Show Business (film) Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business is a 1954 20th Century-Fox DeLuxe Color musical-comedy-drama in CinemaScope, directed by Walter Lang. It stars an ensemble cast, consisting of Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, Marilyn Monroe, Johnnie Ray, and Richard Eastham. The title is borrowed from the famous song in the stage musical (and MGM film) ""Annie Get Your Gun"". The screenplay was written by Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron, based on a story by Lamar Trotti; and the movie was Fox's first musical in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color. Donald"
"millions more on LP and Compact Discs. Decca soon began recording every hit musical that came along including ""Carmen Jones"", ""Carousel"", and ""Annie Get Your Gun"". Soon, all the other record companies were bidding for the rights to record Broadway shows with their original casts. Capitol recorded ""St. Louis Woman"" in 1946, and RCA Victor recorded ""Brigadoon"" in 1947. Although Decca abandoned the cast album field in the mid-1950s, Capitol and Victor actively bid for recording rights. Sometimes problems arose as when RCA Victor signed on to record the 1950 musical ""Call Me Madam"" even though the show's star, Ethel"
"also performed the lead role in ""Annie Get Your Gun"" in its first London production (1947). Gray won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical for her role in ""Carnival in Flanders"", even though this Broadway musical, with a script by Preston Sturges, ran for only six performances. She therefore holds a record that is unlikely to be broken: briefest run in a performance which still earned a Tony. She is the first person to have sung the English version of the French song ""C'est si bon"" in a movie : """" directed by John Nasht. Portraying"
"by catering to German audiences. From 1964 onwards Borg performed in several variety shows with Hagge Geigert in Uddevalla and Gothenburg, and a sojourn at Folkan with Kar de Mumma. In the 1970s, she moved to Arvidsjaur with her new husband, policeman Stig Salomonsson, and thereafter was most active as an actress, most often for ""Riksteatern"". She played in the musical ""Call Me Madam"" in 1967, and gave a celebrated performance as Annie Oakley in the musical ""Annie Get Your Gun"" in 1973. Henceforth she toured with ""Riksteatern"" in performances of ""Christina Alexandra"", ""Fiddler on the Roof"", ""Ramel riket runt"","
"Thomas Meehan (writer) Thomas Edward Meehan (August 14, 1929 – August 21, 2017) was an American playwright. He was best known for writing the books for the musicals ""Annie"", ""The Producers"", and ""Hairspray"". Meehan also wrote the books for the musicals ""Young Frankenstein"" and ""Cry-Baby"" and co-wrote the books for """" and """". He received the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times—in 1977 for ""Annie"", in 2001 for ""The Producers"" (shared with Mel Brooks), and in 2003 for ""Hairspray"" (shared with Mark O'Donnell). Meehan was born in Ossining, New York, but grew up in Suffern, New"
"Prefer Blondes"". She toured in ""Annie Get Your Gun"" with Cathy Rigby and also performed in ""Sugar"" and ""Born Yesterday"". She, Mark Nadler, and Ruth Leon wrote ""American Rhapsody: A New Musical Revue"", which she and Nadler performed at the off-Broadway Triad Theatre between November 2000 and June 2002. The musical was nominated for the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical of 2001 and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Revue of 2000-2001 and won the MAC Award for Best Musical Revue. She also appeared in the New York City productions ""A... My Name Is Alice"" in 1984 and"
"rank of Captain, and returned to Broadway. He married his second wife, actress Nedda Harrigan, in 1945; Logan's previous marriage, to actress Barbara O'Neil, a colleague of his at the University Players in the 1930s, had ended in divorce. Logan's post war directing career got off to a brilliant start with the musical ""Annie Get Your Gun"" (1946–49) which ran for 1147 performances. He followed it with Anita Loos' ""Happy Birthday"" (1948, 563 performances), and Norman Krasna's ""John Loves Mary"" (1948–49, 423 performances). Logan's golden run continued with ""Mister Roberts"" (1948–51) which he co-wrote as well as directed; it ran"
"John McDaniel (musician) John William McDaniel (born February 26, 1961, St. Louis, Missouri, United States) is an American theatre producer, composer, conductor, and pianist. He is known as the lead composer and producer of the 1996 television talk show ""The Rosie O'Donnell Show"", for which he received six Daytime Emmy Award nominations, winning two. McDaniel is also known for his collaborations with Patti LuPone, most notably her 1995 concert ""Patti LuPone: Live!"", which debuted on Broadway after a Los Angeles engagement. He won a Grammy Award for producing the cast album of ""Annie Get Your Gun"" (1999), as well as"
"(separate and apart from New York City Center on 55th Street) continues to manage the theater today. Along with the opera and ballet companies, another early tenant of the theater was the now defunct Music Theater of Lincoln Center whose president was composer Richard Rodgers. In the mid 1960s, the company produced fully staged revivals of classic Broadway musicals. These included ""The King and I""; ""Carousel"" (with original star, John Raitt); ""Annie Get Your Gun"" (revised in 1966 by Irving Berlin for its original star, Ethel Merman); ""Show Boat""; and ""South Pacific"". In July 2008, oil-and-gas billionaire David H. Koch"
"""Annie Get Your Gun"" to the veteran Broadway composer Irving Berlin. Kern is interred at Ferncliff Cemetery in Westchester County, New York. He was survived by his wife and their daughter, Betty Jane (1913–1996; she married Artie Shaw in 1942 and later Jack Cummings). Kern's wife eventually remarried, to a singer named George Byron. Jerome Kern was nominated eight times for an Academy Award, and won twice. Seven nominations were for Best Original Song; these included a posthumous nomination in each of 1945 and 1946. One nomination was in 1945 for Best Original Music Score. Kern was not eligible for"
"John Gale (theatre producer) John Gale (born 2 August 1929) is an English theatrical producer and artistic director. He was the producer of the long-running West End comedy ""No Sex Please, We're British"", which ran at three different West End theatres from 1971-87. He succeeded Patrick Garland as the sixth artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1985. He directed five Festival seasons until 1989. In 1986 Gale was executive producer for the Chichester Festival Theatre's first London revival of Irving Berlin's musical ""Annie Get Your Gun"", starring Suzi Quatro as Annie Oakley and Eric Flynn as Frank Butler."
"for its entire run. Next, she appeared as ""Rosie"" in ""Mamma Mia!"" in 2001–2003, and received a Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Kaye has performed extensively in regional theatre, in roles as widely varied as both Julie Jordan and Nettie Fowler in ""Carousel"", Annie Oakley in ""Annie Get Your Gun"", Nellie Forbush in ""South Pacific"", Meg in ""Brigadoon"", Hildy in ""On the Town"", Lalume in ""Kismet"", Lili Vanessi in ""Kiss Me, Kate"", Pistache in ""Can-Can"", Babe Williams in ""The Pajama Game"", the Old Lady in ""Candide"", Maria in ""The Sound of Music"", Rose in """","
"film to younger generations. It has received favorable reviews from critics and fans. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: There's No Business Like Show Business (film) Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business is a 1954 20th Century-Fox DeLuxe Color musical-comedy-drama in CinemaScope, directed by Walter Lang. It stars an ensemble cast, consisting of Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, Marilyn Monroe, Johnnie Ray, and Richard Eastham. The title is borrowed from the famous song in the stage musical (and MGM film) ""Annie Get Your Gun"". The screenplay was written by Phoebe"
"Evening with Andrew Lloyd Webber"". During his show, Webber suggested that Quatro should star in ""Annie Get Your Gun"". According to its publisher, this album is called ""Annie Get Your Gun – 1986 London Cast"". It was originally released as ""Annie Get Your Gun (1986 London revival cast)"". The album is sometimes ambiguously referred to as ""Annie Get Your Gun (Original London Cast Recording)"" or ""Annie Get Your Gun: Original London Cast Recording"". The term ""original cast recording"" is ambiguous because it can mean either the cast of the first ever performance of a musical in a particular city, or"
"skillful adaptations of plays and novels. Most notable are ""Dear Ruth"", ""Dream Girl,"" ""Mr. Music,"" ""Call Me Madam"" and ""Some Came Running"". ""Call Me Madam"" was a particular success. Under a headline, ""'Madam' Even Better on Screen,"" Alton Cook wrote, ""Scenarist Arthur Sheekman has achieved his good result with small and sly changes along the way, making the humor flow more steadily and giving some of it a sharper edge."" The Screen Writers' Guild nominated ""Call Me Madam"" as the best written Musical of 1953. In the 1950s, Sheekman wrote a third play, ""The Joker"", but it failed, too. Still"
"Your Gun (Original London Cast Recording) or Annie Get Your Gun: Original London Cast Recording. It is Quatro's ninth studio album. The musical ""Annie Get Your Gun"" is based on a book of the same name, written by Herbert and Dorothy Fields. The story covers Oakley's romance with Butler while they were exhibition shooters in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. In real life, Butler became Oakley's manager when she became the star attraction in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Oakley then became the first American female superstar. On 12 April 1982 Quatro appeared in a BBC television program called ""An"
"and, often, money. It was released as a 78 rpm 10 inch record by MGM in the 1950s. Doin' What Comes Natur'lly ""Doin' What Comes Natur'lly"" is a song from the 1946 musical ""Annie Get Your Gun"", written by Irving Berlin. The song was introduced by Ethel Merman in the original production of the musical. Other singers to have recorded the song include Betty Hutton, Judy Garland, Bernadette Peters, Suzi Quatro, The DeMarco Sisters, and Dinah Shore. In the song Annie Oakley, her brother (Little Jake), sisters (Minnie, Jessie, and Nellie), and the owner of the Wilson Hotel (Foster Wilson)"
"Annie (musical) Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip ""Little Orphan Annie"", with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre). It spawned numerous productions in many countries, as well as national tours, and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical's songs ""Tomorrow"" and ""It's the Hard Knock Life"" are among its most popular musical numbers. In 1933, eleven-year-old Annie is in"
"he was featured in Katherine Litz's ""The Enchanted."" Some of his performances were filmed and have been archived at the New York Public Library. On Broadway, Weslow was featured in ""Annie Get Your Gun"" and appeared in the original casts of four other musicals, including ""Call Me Madam"", ""Wonderful Town"", and ""Plain and Fancy"". He also performed at Radio City Music Hall. Weslow's television credits include being a regular on ""Your Hit Parade"", as well as guest appearances on ""Omnibus"" and various specials. By the late 1960s, Weslow had already gained a reputation as a skilled masseuse, working with dancers"
"extra week added due to popular demand.The production featured new arrangements by Jason Carr for a band consisting four pianos. London's Guardian newspaper awarded the show 5 stars, claiming that ""Richard Jones's brilliant production offers the wittiest musical staging London has seen in years."" A concert staging of the original version of ""Annie Get Your Gun"" took place at the Ravinia Festival, Chicago from August 13–15, 2010 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Annie Oakley's birth. Directed by Lonny Price, the concert starred Patti LuPone as Annie, Patrick Cassidy as Frank and George Hearn as Buffalo Bill. The concert received"
"Call Me Mister Call Me Mister is a revue with sketches by Arnold Auerbach and words and music by Harold Rome. The title refers to troops who are happily returning to civilian life and no longer want to be addressed by their military ranks. The Broadway production, directed by Robert H. Gordon, opened on April 18, 1946 at the National Theatre. It transferred twice, to the Majestic and the Plymouth, before completing its run of 734 performances. The cast included Betty Garrett, George S. Irving, Maria Karnilova, Harry Clark, Jules Munshin, and Lawrence Winters. A cast recording was released by"
"Susan Luckey Suzanne Dolores Luckey (April 4, 1938 – November 29, 2012) was an American actress, best known for her roles in the musical films ""Carousel"", released in 1956, and ""The Music Man"", which opened in 1962. She was born in Hollywood, California, where her father was a sound editor in the film industry. Luckey performed on Broadway during the 1950s, including the original 1954 adaptation of ""Peter Pan"" and ""Take Me Along"". On television, Luckey was cast in ""The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"". She also appeared in the television movie version of ""Annie Get Your Gun"" in"
"in the show. Kern died before the two were able to begin working on the project, and Irving Berlin was hired to replace him. Together, she and her brother Herbert wrote the book for ""Annie Get Your Gun,"" while Berlin provided all the music. The show, starring Ethel Merman, was a huge success, running for 1,147 performances. In the 1950s, her biggest success was the show ""Redhead"" (1959), which won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. When she started collaborating with Cy Coleman in the 1960s, her career took a new turn. Their first work together was ""Sweet Charity"". Her"
"of Irving Berlin's ""Annie Get Your Gun"" opened at the Marquis Theatre, with McDaniel as vocal arranger and supervising musical director (as well as a producer), which ran until September 2001. In 2000, McDaniel received a Board of Directors' Award from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs. Subsequent Broadway credits include ""Taboo"" in 2003 and ""Brooklyn"" in 2004. McDaniel later served as musical director for the Frank Wildhorn, Don Black and Ivan Menchell musical adaptation of ""Bonnie & Clyde"", in a Roundabout Theatre Company reading in February 2009. McDaniel collaborated with Tyne Daly for a ""much-raved-about gig at Feinstein's"
"to collaborate with his colleagues on shows assigned to them as needed. During the war years, Lang along with Robert Russell Bennett, Don Walker, and Ted Royal were recognized as the busiest orchestrators on Broadway. An early assignment were the original orchestrations for Irving Berlin's ""Annie Get Your Gun"", in which Lang employed the new so-called ""microphone technique"" where the singer would carry the melody line without much support or competition from the orchestra. He would later use this to excellent effect for Rex Harrison's speaking-singing on ""My Fair Lady"", but belters like Ethel Merman expected full-bodied orchestral underpinnings. Producer"
"With Triola's popularity growing, producers Howard Young and Russell Lewis gave a fitting tribute to Music Circus' favorite actress as they opened the fifth anniversary season in May 1955. She starred in the musical ""Annie Get Your Gun"" which was her signature gig that Triola had performed during the Music Circus' first season. In August 1959, she took on the lead role of ""Bells Are Ringing"" at the Sacramento Music Circus. Co-starring with her were Gar Moore and Marvin Kaplan. She performed the role of a telephone answering service operator in this romantic musical comedy which ran for two weeks"